Otto von Gorlitz

Otto von Gorlitz (2 September 1768-21 January 1813) was a Brigadier-General of the Prussian Army during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Otto von Gorlitz was born in Berlin in Prussia in 1768, and enlisted in the army in 1786 at the age of 18. He was made a captain of infantry during the French Revolutionary Wars, fighting in the capture of Mainz and the Battle of Valmy in 1792. He served the Duke of Brunswick in the frontier battles on the Rhine until the end of the war in 1797, and Gorlitz was made a Major. During the Napoleonic Wars, Gorlitz distinguished himself in the Battle of Jena-Auerstadt when he rallied his regiment and led them into the battle to allow other units to retreat. He was given command of a brigade of Prussian troops in 1813 during the War of the Sixth Coalition, consisting of two regiments of Prussian musketeers.

Gorlitz led his brigade in an assault on French heights during the Battle of Swiecie in January 1813, and his brigade suffered heavy losses. He was mortally wounded when he was shot in the neck, and died in the cold rain.